The New Democrats have chosen their local flag-bearer for this spring’s provincial election.
At a nomination meeting in Tilbury on Saturday, the NDP selected Jordan McGrail as their candidate in Chatham-Kent-Essex for the June 7th election.
McGrail, who is a mechatronics technologist at St Clair College, also leads the local chapter of the “We Own It” campaign, highlighting the need for privatization of government services.
“Families in this region need more public services – not more cuts,” said McGrail. “Students deserve more resources and opportunities, not cuts in classrooms. Patients deserve shorter waits for care, not more health care layoffs. People are really feeling the squeeze, and I know we can do so much better to make life easier.”
McGrail says some of her key priorities include the NDP’s pharmacare plan, a prescription drug plan for all Ontarians regardless of age or income, and the NDP plan to drop hydro bills and keep them down by putting Hydro One back into public hands.
McGrail beat out Dan Gelinas, who represented the NDP in the 2014 election.
